I Support the Law ... Except when it's inconvenient

The ailing Senator Ted Kennedy:

“I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their senator,’’ Kennedy wrote. “I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election.’’

So, the Senator is law abiding except when the law is inconvenient to his priorities. Given the Senator's obvious familiarity with Massachusetts's Senate succession law, and its implications, he should have planned his resignation from the senate accordingly.